Tramp Art

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Tramp Art is an art movement found throughout the world where small pieces of wood, typically from cigar boxes and shipping crates, were whittled into chip carved layers using pocket knives. It was most popular from the 1870’s – 1940’s and the most common forms were boxes and frames. There were no rules so phenomenal pieces of furniture and whimsy were produced by the hands of really imaginative artists.

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